A Hayle business has been left counting the cost after brazen thieves broke into its headquarters in broad daylight over the weekend.

MV Clatworthy Ltd, which provides plumbing, heating and electrical services and is based at Guildford Road Industrial Estate Unit, was raided by masked criminals on Sunday afternoon.

The culprits stole just short of £1,000 worth of scrap metal, loaded it into a Ford Transit Tipper and then fled the scene.

MV Clatworthy employees have since shared CCTV footage and images of the break-in in an effort to catch those responsible.

The men could be seen breaking into one of the compound's shipping containers

Philip Polkinghorne, from MV Clatworthy, said: “We have a compound here with containers full of various items.

“It’s obvious we were deliberately targeted, they jumped the fence and went for the container with scrap inside. They cut the door off, made entry, reversed in with a small truck, loaded it up and left. They got away with £800ish of copper scrap, presumably to sell on.